Running the Get Artwork command against tracks on an MTP device will cause a "Get Artwork" playlist to be written and saved to the device. ( bug 22243)

If a track in a playlist on a device is deleted entirely from the device outside of Songbird, and then the device is plugged back in and mounted in Songbird, a blank row will appear in the Songbird playlist where the deleted track once was. ( bug 22926)

Photo sync is not disabled if "Remove Photos" is selected when the user attempts to disable photo sync. Select "Don't Remove Photos" to get around this problem. ( bug 22790)

Play Queue

The Play/Pause option in the Play Queue's context menu does not toggle to the Pause state when a track is playing. ( bug 22366)

Sort order is not carried over when dragging and dropping tracks from the library or from a playlist to the Play Queue. ( bug 22377)

On Mac, ripping a CD while an MSC device is plugged in and set to auto-sync will result in sync errors for cdda:// tracks showing up when the user navigates to the device summary pane. Functionality is not affected. ( bug 22596)

UI

Window does not stay maximized when restarting Songbird ( bug 22275)

The video playback window does not automatically resize to the original dimensions of the video. ( bug 23027)

Add-Ons

The titles of the columns added to the library by the Concerts and SHOUTcast add-ons may change to "http://www.songbirdnest..." after updating from Songbird 1.8 to Songbird 1.9. This problem will go away after an application restart. ( bug 23011)

The links on Artist and Album in the New Releases add-on navigate to the allmusic.com home page, not the correct Artist or Album pages.

Some pages in the 7digital add-on load slowly. (bug 22650)

The item count displayed in the service pane may be incorrect after restarting Songbird. ( bug 23036)

OTHER KNOWN BUGS/ISSUES

Below are the high profile bugs/issues which are known to still be open for this release. You can also check the Common Duplicates page for lesser profile known issues.

NOTE:

For playback of DRM-encrypted files, make sure you have gone to the store from which you purchased your tracks to learn how to authorize your computer to play them. Songbird will be able to play DRM-encrypted tracks as soon as your machine has been authorized.

The following are not yet supported by Songbird (will be planned for future releases):

The Manage Files functionality does not report any errors if the user chooses non-writeable media as the destination for managed files. ( bug 19196)

Device Support

General Sync

Same files can be added twice to a device if 2 PCs are used ( bug 9803)

m3u playlists that are synced to Symbian-based phones may appear empty when browsed through the phone's interface. The playlist's tracks will still be present on the device. ( bug 20964)

Device library metadata may not completely load when plugging in a Nokia N85 in MTP mode. ( bug 21566)

Transcoding

The "Other" category on the device summary page will increase when the device is in MSC mode and a video is being transcoded to that device. The display will correct itself once the video has finished transcoding. ( bug 21035)

Windows Specific

Windows 7

Show Desktop hides the entire Songbird window. ( bug 16293)

Video

QuickTime files with zlib compressed headers will not play back on Windows. ( bug 14170)

The video window may open on the wrong monitor on systems with multiple displays attached. ( bug 18916)

CD Rip

Songbird will not recognize USB CD drives plugged in while the application is running. Quit and restart Songbird to mount your CD drive inside the application. ( bug 18033)

The transcoding preferences UI for CD Rip allows users to select unavailable output bitrates for WMA files. The files will be written with the closest available bitrate to the one chosen by the user. ( bug 18242)